INTRODUCTION. " // that the had bene a thing, we Author himself had confess, worthie to have bene wished, have set forth, and overseen liv'd to is owne writings; But since it hath bin ordain'd otherwise, and he by death departed from that right, we pray you do not en-vie his Friends, the office of their care, and paine, to have collected publish' d them; and so to have published them, as where (before] you were abus'd with diverse stolne, and surreptitious copies, maimed, & the frauds and stealthes of injurious impost ers, that exposed them: even those, are now offer'd to your view cur d, and perfect of their limbes; and all the rest, absolute in their Who, as he was a happie imitator of numbers, as he conceived the. and deformed by j Nature, was a most gentle expresser of it. His mind and hand And what he thought, he uttered with that went together: easiness, that wee have scarce received from him a blot in his papers. Tlut it is not our province, who onely gather his works, and give them you, to praise him. It is yours that reade him. *And there we hope, to your divers capacities, will finde enough, both to you draw, and hold you; for his wit ran no more lie hid, then it could be lost. Reade him, therefore and againe, and againe : And if then you doe not like him, surely you are in some manifest danger, not to understand him. And so we leave you to other of his Friends, whom ifyou need, can bee your guides if you neede them %And such readers we not, you can leade yourselves, and others. wish him. ; . : (London, 1623.) JOHN HEMINGE. HENRIE CONDELL." Mankind may now echo the words of this introduction to the 1623 Edition of the Shakespeare Plays, with a broader meaning. The contents of this book have been as much a surprise to those who have deciphered it as it will be to the world. That FRANCIS BACON should write portions of the " history of his father, his mother, and the Queen of Scots, as a Play, and mask it in Plays" to prove his authorship of them all, is an accomplishment such as the greatest admirers of that great genius could have thought hardly possible but that in doing so he should conceal in the Cipher a Play so sustained, so dramatic, so powerful, so historically concise, as is the "Tragedy of Mary Queen of Scots " here transcribed, marks a genius capable of unparalleled literary achievements. ;

In this book is found the motive for the Cipher, in the crushing his mother, the Queen, of the youthful ambitions and aspirawe know why he was never tions of his broadening mind. permitted to leave England after his visit to France, and was kept by Now within the circle of the Court, lest he enter upon a course which might sway the world and array the powers against the Queen. * I was subdued to their yoke. mother learned that I wrote Hamlet Prince of Denmark, and then I was lost." " At twenty * * * My The interview which followed this discovery was most fateful to the world, circumscribing the free scope of that mighty intellect, and forcing the hiding of its best work under masks and Cipher, only to be revealed three hundred years later. What prouder flight of ambition's fancy, than that in which the boy appeals to the Queen, for liberty to follow a literary career. * * * I am your son I have not wings, I am a creeping thing but yet my thoughts Do find me out prophet-like, they speak to me : And champion me to the utterance. I will create Strange Tragedies for mine eternal jewel, And th' stately Thebe, who, amongst her nymphs Doth overshine the gallantest dames of Rome, make Shall And I shall the glistering of the noblest poets stale make the seeds of kings, to bandy ; With renowned Warwick, who spake aloud " What scourge for perjury can this dark monarchy Afford false Clarence ? " Aye, I hope to frame : The noble sister of Publicola The moon of Rome, chaste as the icicle, That, candied by the frost from purest snow Hangs on Diana's temple, as she, with no crime and make Defil'd, did wend among her peers The hard-hearted usurper, proud Macbeth, Approach the field with warlike ensign spread, To meet unnatural Tambourlaine And hoist aloft on Neptune's hideous hills, He that of old did scorn fair Dido's arms In fair Bohemia I shall use my wings, And speak of Perditae and Florizell And of the bloody-minded Neapolitan queen, Who led calm Henry, though he were a king, As doth a sail, fill'd with a fretting gust, Command an argosy to stem the waves Noble Titus and his sons, and gracious Lavinia, rich ornament of Rome, Shall speak to Hamlet of his father's foul And most unnatural murder and, if you be pleas'd With this my sudden thought, and do applaud my choice, Behold Day, night, ride, time, work, play, I will, alone, ; ; : ; ; : ! Advance you 'bove the measure of the jealous queen Of heaven, and make posterity fall before you I will, though hell Our lovely, fair-fac'd Queen ! should gape, climb to the heavenly streets, Where the gods feed the sacrificial fire, Whose smoke, like incense, doth perfume the sky Itself :

if I live, I will indeed, make you outstrip general curse of death, and live i' th' minds, Voices, 'and hearts of all posterity. I do beseech you, make not my device whip to beat me with.' " The queen sat mute and dumb, whilst I did tell This short tale, and unto her did give my hope." " Hamlet's a prince Fool, I have heard this mangled tale. Out of thy star, and thou art not well skill'd enough To prate of little Ned Plantagenet, Clarence, Rivers, Vaughan, Hastings, and others, And hadst thou power, my son, it is not fit That thou shouldst point me forth, if it be so as I fear Thou hast thou playedst most foully to show the death O' th' Danish King and Hamlet to my enemies. * * * * * * And, The A ' ; - Thou * wilt not personate the lad Simon, Who troubled Henry That king was the Seventh Improvident, but we have piec'd it better. Thou wast taken out of thy cradle, convey'd away In thine infancy, then thou wast brought up in court, Where infinite eyes have been upon thee. I have inly wept, but the case required that thou Shouldst always live in grief that heaviness Is gone, my tears fall no more, because It pleaseth God that we should rule this land To tell Therefore cease, forbear thy intent Our people of the factious times, when the House Of Lancaster did fight the house of York, would give To our proud adversaries in Ireland, Strong bent to fight. And if thou put into their minds, Margaret's battles, Warwick, Rivers, Henry, Edward And Clarence, they, conceiving little of our deeds, Will look upon us as Brutus did on Caesar " " The mighty monarch of the triple world And to further thine intent, these gentlemen, In hatred of our birth, integrity, ! : ; ! : And son, to be for love, let thee speak uprightness, will call thee, England's King. Shall Treason to our face ? ' we my In deciphering this book, every Shakespearean Play, and the other masks Greene, Peele, Spenser, Marlowe and Burton all have given forth portions of this hidden history which has been so long and deeply buried within them. The next volume will contain a continuation of Bacon's life in France, including the romance of his love for Queen Margaret, outlined in Romeo and Juliet, which names are used as masks for Bacon and This will be followed by the Margaret. ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' "TRAGEDY OF MY BROTHER, ROBERT, EARL OF ESSEX," (son of Queen Elizabeth), which in the form of a play will give the inner history of the attempts of that most interesting character to gain the throne of England, and the part taken by Francis Bacon in defeating the conspiracy, and in the trial, final overthrow, and death of the Earl, his brother. ORVILLE W. OWEN.

BOOK Sir Brands Bacon's IV. Sifc at tEfje Court of france. (CONTINUED.) " The father of this lady and her brother, Charles the Ninth, having both quitted this country Up to heaven, (the father, Henry Second, upon Kill'd in a duel, being slain A course at tilt, the splinters of the staff into his beaver ; Of Montgomery going His son her brother poison'd,) left the younger prince, was King of Poland, th' true King of France. His mother sent for him, and, like a thief, He stole away and fled from th' kindly power That put his brows within a golden crown And called him king, and he was proclaim'd king Of this country. That such a crafty devil Who As his mother should yield the world such an A woman that bears all down with her brain, asse!

At The Court of France. And 601 her son, cannot take two from twenty For's heart, and leave eighteen. It is a recreation But For this, to be by, and hear him mock the Frenchman * this princely son, A wrong that Him Henry the Third, is so foul were mockery to call Profane, sworn brother to the it peasant. traitors, (The principal Catholic persons of France) That for recreation's sake have ta'en the sacrament, And interchangeably set down their hands To "kill his cousin, the King of Navarre, The lion of the champions who, in God's name, Threw down the gage of battle to the pope. " The marriage of this gracious couple, Margaret a couple that 'twixt heaven and earth Might have stood, begetting wonder, sounded The vain illusions of this flattering, dark And th' Prince, Conspiracy, led so grossly by meddling priests And Catherine. A marriage feast kept with baying Trumpets, loud churlish drums, clamours of hell, And slaughtered men. It was a two-fold marriage 'Twixt And crown and Margaret, and 'twixt Navarre It promised a mighty fruit, wife. th' his A yielding in the looks of France unto The Huguenots, making with them a peace. But th' feast, alack, was made a mourning feast, The tears of lamentation raining down; And then such crimson tempests did bedrench The fresh green lap of fair King Charles' land, That greenest grass did droop and turn lowr'd at marriage rites, had his altars deck'd with dusky lights If ever And to hay. Hymen ; If ever sun stain'd heaven with bloody clouds,

Sir Francis Bacon's Life 602 And made it look with terror on the world ; If ever day were turn'd to ugly night, And night made semblance of the hue of hell ; That day, that hour, that fatal, fatal night, Did fully show the fury of them all. The angels that did bless that wedding night "Were the commissioners of Pope Gregory Satan was their guide the flesh, their instructor ; ; ; Hypocrisy, their counselor; vanity, Their fellow soldier; their wills, their law; Ambition, their captain ; custom, their rule Temerity, boldness, impudence, their art Toys, their trading ; moved devil, Club law, fire ; their religion, terror, Revenge, and massacres. The ; the The black King to drop and sword, and with prince of darkness, upon fists, his kingdom and not "With disputation, to compel the heretics To stop their mouths. I know not how many Were consumed, whole families and cities perish'd, Because the pope won the King, and told him That it was for his country's good, and common Profit of religion, to plant himself, authority as not a man might live Without his leave then should the Catholic faith With such ; Of Rome " flourish in France, and none deny the same." done for the gospel's sake ? " Nay for the pope's sake and for his own To plant the pope and popelings in the realm, Was it " And bind Paris had it wholly to the See of Rome. full five hundred colleges, Monasteries, priories, abbeys, and halls, Wherein thirty thousand able men were hid, benefit,

At The Court of France. 603 Beside a thousand and more sturdy Catholic Students. Five hundred fat Franciscan friars- and priests In one cloister alone, kept festival. "The watchword being giv'n, a bell was rung, And a peal of ordnance shot from the tower, At which, all they, the Catholics in disguise, Did and unjustly did set great troop of lords and ladies that issue out, th' Upon Accompanied the young King of Navarre. "Without the white scarf that each wore, they would Have killed the King's assistants i' th' close The Duke of Guise gave orders to let none Of the Huguenots escape murder, and then ' Tuez, tuez, tuez, let none escape with the Huguenots murder them, night. ! Down ! them Kill ! strangle the serpents The roused game And in flee was the ! kill them ! cry. wildly through the streets, and out from house Encaged ' to house they in so small a verge, fly. whose compass is No bigger than are Lud's Town walls, the savageness Which burneth in these fellows' hearts against The heretics, bursts forth. Strive to speak big To bend their ; Boys, with reted voices, the very beadsmen learn bows of double, women manage Yea, distaff And clap their female joints in fatal rusty eugh; bills, stift' unwieldy arms, Against the Puritans, who hide their heads Like cowards, and fly here and there. " The Mother-queen did insinuate with won him with words, And, the King, as a child, daily So that he barely bore the name, did execute and he sustain'd the blame. for truth 'Twashe

604 For Sir Francis Bacon's Life this she had a largess from the pope, Rifling the bowels of his treasury, A pension, and a dispensation, too ; And by Her that privilege to work upon, policy did frame religion." " O diabole I fie, I'm asham'd " Religion " The Protestants remembrance of those ! ! (i' bloody broils, In which the Guise, the pope, and king did set themselves To tread them under foot, as traitors to the Church Of Rome, and true religion rend from out this land,) Were joyful that this royal marriage portended Such 'bliss unto the matchless realm. The King Sent from the court to bid all come without delay, And see these sweet nuptial-rites solemniz'd. They, thus misled, did march in triumph to the feast But to be betrayed, mocked, and killed. O, fatal was this marriage to them "As all! I do live, so surely Catheriue, Surcharg'd with guilt of thousand massacres, Did have her will in France, Did undertake and by sufficient counsel, wear the royal crown. the pope would ratify, did, In murder, mischief, or in tyranny, And while she lived, Catherine would be queen. to For that she "As th' time for th' massacre to begin drew on, The King was much distress'd, and sorrowful of heart, To see what heinous stratagems these damned wits Contriv'd, and lo, alas ! how like poor lambs Prepar'd for sacrifice, they hale to their long These tender lords ! home

At the Court of France. " But thus she spake him to 605 : My son, consider of the thing, I pray, And rather choose to seek your country's good, Than pity or relieve these upstart heretics. ' I hope these reasons To have some " And ' Well, madam, I refer cousin here, the my to "What you determine " " Thanks ' What serve your highness, may care for fear of enemies.' to my it to your majesty Duke of Guise: I will ratify.' princely son. down order will you set Then tell me, Guise, for the massacre ? Thus, madam. They That shall be actors in this massacre, Shall wear white crosses on their "burgonets, ' And tie white linen scarfs about their arms: And he that wants these, is suspect of heresy, And be he king or emperor, must die. The Switzers keep the streets and at eacb corner, Stands the King's guard. The plot is laid and things come Shall We to pass. Thus all shall xlie.' "'My noble son, and princely Duke of Guise, may perform as we have thus decreed. Now let the Admiral be first dispatched The Admiral, chief standard bearer to the Lutherans, Shall in the entrance of this massacre Be murder'd Soldier ! : in his bed. stand in some And when you see the window opening near Admiral the street, ride by, Discharge your musket and perform his death then I'll guerdon you with store of crowns.' ; And (A messenger " ' How now, fellow, what news?' to the King.)

Sir Francis Bacon's Life 606 " 'An Lord High Admiral, please your grace, the it Riding the streets, was And most humbly entreats your Majesty To visit " him sick in his bed.' ' tell Messenger, What traitorously shot, him I will see him straight. we do now with the Admiral?' " Your Majesty were best go visit him, And make a show as if all were well.' shall * " ' " ' Content, I will go visit the Admiral, I will go take order for his death.' And How fares it with my Lord High Hath he been hurt by villains in the What, Admiral, are you hurt?' " "'I To my 'Aye, find lord, shot vow and and through swear, as I to repay the Admiral ? street? th' arm.' am King man with of France, death Delay'd, and torments never us'd, That durst presume for hope of any gain, To hurt the noble man their sovereign loves.' "'Ah my good That seek lord, these are the Guisians, to massacre our guiltless lives.' "'Assure yourself, my good Lord Admiral, I deeply sorrow for your treacherous wrong, And that I Than I am am not more secure myself careful you should be preserv'd. Cousin, take twenty of our strongest guards, And under your direction, see they keep All treacherous violence from our noble friend, all attempts with present death the cursed breakers of our peace. Repaying Upon And so be patient, good Lord Admiral,

At And the Court of France. every hour I will " ' I 607 visit you.' humbly thank your royal Majesty.' "The King, having returned to his court, Presently gave this order to his officers : 'Anjou, Dumaine, Gonzago, Retes, swear By the argent crosses on your burgonets, To you suspect of heresy.' We swear by this, that we'll not be But slay as many as we can come near.' kill all that " ' partial, " 'Anjou, Gonzago, Retes, if that you three Will be as resolute as I, and Dumaine, There shall not a Away then, break into the Admiral's house Huguenot breathe in France. ! Gonzago, conduct them thither, and then Beset his house, that not a man may live.' " ' I will, my lord.' "'And now, my Anjou lords, let's closely to will follow you, so will " I swear ' this to Dumaine.' be unmerciful by disguis'd, and none know I am And therefore mean "'And so will "'Come Let's away, murder whom all I I ; am, meet,' said Anjou. said Guise. I,' then, and when Unto Mount Falcon And to our business. this just will ve revenge drag is finished, his corse, he, that living, hated so the cross, Shall being dead, be hang'd thereon in chains. Sirs, follow me.' " Then do these men of war, Disguising, with such double face, their force, Gather to a head, their numbers multiply,

Sir Francis Bacon's Life 608 And Guise doth beat his brains Can catch the House A deadly how he, in his trap, He of Bourbon. hath pitch'd and the Catholics basely toil, Destroy the Protestants. Guise doth give order "' Mountsorrell, go shoot the ordnance off, : That they which have already set the street, May know their watchword; then toll the bell, And so let's forward to the massacre.' " ' Cousin, the captain of the Admiral's guard Plac'd by my brother, will betray his lord. Now, Guise, shall Catholics flourish once again The head being off the members cannot stand. But look, my lord, there's In lucky time And come : let some : in the Admiral's house I us keep this lane, slay his servants that shall issue out. "Where the Admiral is ' ? (The Admiral was by them discovered in " * sins " " * me let pray before I die God, forgive ! bed.} my ' ! Then pray unto Our Lady ; kiss the cross.' (Stabs him.) ' Gonzago.' "'What?' "'Is he dead?' "'Aye, my lord.' "'Then throw him down.' (The body of the Admiral "'Now, It may " ' " ' be cousin, view 'tis some Cousin, 'tis other, he ; I Then throw him "'No, no, him well is then thrown down.) : and he escaped.' know him by his look.' into the ditch.' to decide all doubts, be ruled by me ;

At the Court of France. hang him here upon jet's " " 609 this tree.' 'Agreed.' ' No, by my faith, no ! Sirs, Take him away, and throw him in some Ah, Chatillon, base and degenerate, ditch. Chief Standard-bearer to the Lutherans, Thus in spite of thy religion The Duke of Guise stamps on thy lifeless bulk See where my soldiers shot him through the arm He miss'd him near, but we have struck him now. Away with him Cut off his head and hands ! ; ! And send them as a present to the pope. What fearful cries come from the River Seine ? " My Lord of Anjou, there are an hundred ' * Protest- ants Which we have chas'd into the River Seine, That swim about and so preserve their lives. How may we do? I fear me they may live.' " ' And men upon the bridge darts to shoot at them they Go, place some With bows and see, sink them in the river as they swim.' " ' 'Tis well advis'd. Dumaine, go see it straight be done.' " meantime, my lord, could we devise To get these pedants from the King Navarre, That are tutors to him and the Prince of Conde 'And in the ' " * For that, let rue alone And when you " see me in, : cousin, stay you here, then follow hard.' thou wilt save thy life !' '"Tell me, Talfeus, wherefore should I fly?' " I fear the Gnisians have pass'd the bridge.' ' Fly, ' Ramus, fly, if

Sir Francis Bacon's Life 610 " menace me ? " They're hard at thy door and mean to murder us. I'll leap out at the window. Hark, hark; they come "'Sweet Talaeus, stay.' 'And mean once more ' to * ! " ' Who goes there ? " 'Tis Talaeus, Ramus' bedfellow.' " ' What art thou ? ' ' " I am, as ' '"0 let Ramus him is, a Christian.' is a Catholic.' go, he (Enter Guise, Anjou, Dumaine, Mountsorrel and Soldiers.) "' have you there ? ' Who "''Tis Ramus, the King's professor of " ' Stab him.' logic.' "' Wherein hath Ramus been so offensious ? " Ramus shall die, I say.' Sirrah, kill him " Come, Ramus, more gold or thou shalt have the ' ' ! ' stab.' " 'Alas, I am All that I have Which is Not my Why Stab, I say, life but my how should I have gold it is spent. ' this pause, but collier's son so full of pride. follow Loreine ' ! ' ' ; ' ' 0, Monsieur de Guise, (Stabs him.) ! Are you a preacher of these heresies ? " I am a preacher of the word of God And thou a traitor to thy soul and Him.' " Show him this dagger.' " ? stipend from the King, do I desire for Loreine, Loreine " ! suffer you that peasant to declaim ? and send him to his friends in hell. Ne'er was there Now a scholar no sooner receiv'd but for "' is '

At 611 the Court of France. Hear me but speak "'No, villain, no, that tongue of thine That hath blasphem'd the Holy Church of Rome, Shall drive no plaints into the Guise's ears, ' ! To make " ' O the justice of his heart relent.' me pray, before I take my death ' let ! "'Despatch, then, quickly.' "'0 my Christ, Savior!' "'Christ, villain ! darest thou presume to call on Christ, Why Without the intercession of my Sancta Jacobus, he's Let me begin " some Saint? Saint; pray to him. Beloved " thus 'tis written Dearly ' "'0 let me pray unto my God.' "'Then take this with you. (He stabs Loreine^ Come, drag him away and throw him in the ditch ; Now stab these stragglers Now, Yet sirs, will and drag them away for this night let our furies stay. we not that the massacre shall end Gonzago, post you to Orleans Retes, to Dieppe And ; : ; Mountsorrell, unto Rouen ; spare not one that you suspect of heresy.' " And The prince, bravely clad in silk sits in his study, as the signal bell begins to sound, A secret friend in 4 ! My Court runs up to say: lord, The bay-trees in our country are all wither'd, And meteors 'fright the fixed stars of heaven The pale-fac'd moon ; looks bloody on the earth, And lean-look'd prophets whisper fearful change; Rich men look sad, and ruffians dance and leap,

Sir Francis Bacon's Life 612 The one, in fear to lose what they enjoy, /The other, to enjoy by rage and war These signs fore-run the death of kings. : My lord, for heaven's sake, then, take special care. Fare- well.' " That Stay, I conjure thee, remain ; 1 cannot believe the King meaneth treachery to me.' ' " * 'Tis true, 'tis true, Prince Henry, for my life.' " * Darest the and then he did advance King ' To them But when he brought to light, (as in a glass Prospective, where men see their thoughts,) alas The discord and death, and how the poniard ! the fring'd curtains of his room, and did pull Apart and look about. He carries a brave form Did end their lives, he, pale as ashes cried me Lord, have mercy my own dear realm ? '0 Lord, have mercy on Shall I ne'er see again : ! ! The cursed Guisians do seek my death Ah, fool was I to seal on Cupid's name my death "Was I, ! but for the grave, wedded, to begin And end my married state before the night be out? O fool, to invite my friends to supply with sport The old Italian fox! "* Remit, my I am, indeed, her tool God, the folly of my ! youth, My grievdd spirit attends Thy mercy seat: Did not my dearest mother's death speak loud In solemn and lamenting sound, of this This melancholy hacking and hewing? The earth wallows in her own blood! For slaughter's sake, The queen-mother hath brought about She is as hard as steel. this It is not possible wedding.

At It the Court of France. 613 cannot be the King doth join with her, and yet, and hear (if this be not a dream) I see The King, with mighty and quick raised power, Under her colors doth effect this massacre. Away, I prithee, tell "Would speak with " To my '0, this place my wife that I her.' lord, she will not come in person.' " 'Jesus preserve me ! Who's that that knocks? I prithee, sirrah, see. Lord Jesus, receive my unworthy soul.' "'My lord, the princess and the King do wait on thee.' " 'Ah, Jovely Margaret, thou gladdest me " ' How now, my lord, how fare you ? (said the King.) *' ' My lord, they say, (answered Prince Navarre,) That ! 1 the Protestants are massacred. all " 'Aye, s'o they are ; but yet, what remedy ? have done what I could to stay " ' But yet, my lord, the report That you were one that made '"Who, But hist Frame ! my You I? are deceiv'd my gracious mother, yourself orderly, and,let go by 'vantage to beguile her. At th' See, she's here very door.' ' "Welcome, your Majesty. Eight glad " doth run this massacre.' lord, here comes No " this broil.' am I to kiss your hand.' ' Soft, sir, daughter and his Majesty promis'd This hour to visit me, and I do think, My Both are come hither rnask'd.'

614 Sir Francis Bacon's Life, is most true; your daughter her brother, the King, are both here, madam. Did I today not with your daughter marry? And am I not your son-in-law? Why stand you? "'It And Now mean Sit. I to requite thee for these massacres.' "'What! Kill me?' "'Aye, faith!' " ' How now ? me go let ' ! " ' Could not thy wisdom aid thee to discover, as my friends are in combat hard by, That, That if thou cam'st within my power, I would Not let thee go ? Look within the I And, seeing them, all mean keep thee, madam. me what thou seest yond. glass Discern'st thou not these brave and lusty men ? and to tell thy magic and thine art Shall fade and end at once, as thou shalt find.' " ' What brutes What shallow fools Hear ! ! me thou false, Effeminate, base coward. About, that hearing and me Thy roisterers And thou, base villain, Unto some " shall I call have posted men out, will overmatch convey them hence. mark I will appoint thee fatal end.' ' Impossible, I possess thee Though hell and I'll requite thee well ; hath trembl'd at thy deep, commanding spells Now doubt thou not that I will hold Thy glory here an end shalt have.' my hand. "'Villain, Stand on thy guard I cannot scold it out, But if thou kill me, think I have a son ;

At That lives, and traitor, That famous prince " ' Than My the Court of France. 615 before Charles doth sleep, will 'quite thee.' Better die, live disgrac'd. and friends, 'twill Madam, thou didst entrap be bruited through the world, That Henry, in the King's house, gathered His sworn brothers to see his marriage With thy daughter Margaret, but Honor bids me this deep disgrace For madam, An Chiefly, since repair, and tyrannical, under safety of our word They justly challenge their protection. So, thou must perish on my rapier's point, thou "'Art thou determined to end my life?' seest.' "'Surely.' "'Good sir, far too much pains thou layest out For purchasing but trouble. Spare thy threats The bug, that thou wouldst fright me with, I seek. ! Unvenerable forever be thy hands, If, with my blood, thou stain them. " ' Fie, fie, how wayward foolish Therefore is stay.' this spirit, That, like a testy babe will scratch the nurse, And presently .all humbly kiss the rod. Come, gentle "'Stop, I'll friends, aid " ' Say me in this to live, and Yet let me live.' on.' '"Know, worthy prince, relents that noble men should My heart And ' sir, show thee how " : be noted through the world, 'twill action bloody to let thee triumph gentle minds should pity die, others' pain. will the wisest note their proper griefs, .

Sir Francis Bacon's Life And rather seek to scourge their enemies, Than be themselves base subjects to the whip: But if And thou'lt purge thyself, recant live, recompense thy reconciled love, I will With all the honor and affection That ever I vouchsaf d my dearest And and thou shalt lord, since that the my now, friends. marriage rites Are performed, go thou, and consummate The rest with hearing of a holy mass.' "' Will your highness swear to that?' "' By the mighty potentates of hell, I will. then will end this long suspense, I much commend will not cut you off. Aye, and And I " * Noble majesty, I'll put my trust in " Then thou'lt amend thy life ? me to you. thee.' ' " " 'Aye, and * it like Harry, give me your worship.' thy hand. Come when I send for thee; Follow " my counsel I've chalk'd forth the way.' Then she did steal away. Her gentle daughter when Catherine was gone and said Stept forth " ' Tell : me, is't true that thou, Forswear thy faith ? my lord, wilt thus ' " 'Aye, I will.' "'0, what magic! mute ? But why stands Conde here so ' " <O, strange, strange stratagem ! I have drunk poison Whiles he uttered you bethink you, 'Tvvas bravely done to turn him from his friends. it. If This courageous resolution to disport himself Amongst the people who "hate him so deadly,

At Is the Court of France. til ' almost necromancy "'Wilt thou dispute him?' " No, but he's green that hath chosen ; As one made to live, privy to the plot to massacre All his friends, who glory in their love for him.' " * Thou wrong' st thy prince.' " 'God's wounds, Henry, Within And us three, like lions, guard these doors this roof live all your grace's enemies ; let ; we with Of the rage furious beasts, that without reason run On their cousin, trust me, own if damned wretch, make him yield due homage Unto your excellence, God will pour down Showers of sharp revenge, and we will plant, death, run on this This perjur'd King, and In you, the true succession of the crown. Your way is ready and this path is right.' "* But what have I to gain by the King's death ? I have the love of lovely Margaret to myself, And And I she, alone, is glutted with golden worthy of her parentage i'faith, ; do give thanks for Margaret, and Repentant for the follies of cousin, there's gifts, am my youth. measure in everything. Come, Come, J know that we are held as outlaws, Hence it is for our advantage to change The faith wherein we were rear'd.' "'I see plainly, As heaven sees earth and earth sees heaven, That you, my lord, have chang'd, and worship And are become one of the th' pope votaries of Rome.' "'Alack! this attempt must not now be made ; 7

Sir Francis Bacon's Life 618 Charles, and fair princess, with all respect and duty, Cousin we will here abide, I attend you ; And so farewell good brother King, adieu; Sweet wife, farewell.' " * Now fair befall thee, good cousin Harry.' "'I perceive thou art not over fond of my answer Unto the queen. Are we to be servants of Rome ? Are we committed " '0, thou, " ' No, no, to worship the my my lord, pope ? by this, a kingdom.' two worlds by it got lord, hast lost I've I have deceiv'd even your very eyes. Wisdom must go Hangs And And 'fore majesty. My life in th' uncertain balance of proud Time, this is th' only way to countervail the Duke, hold the false King's sacrilegious mother In place. Why 'fore the morning sun has blaz'd, ! The And traitor King had think not, sir, resolved to stab me. that they will even spare So brave and wise a gentleman as art thou.' " Never shall you see that I will beg a ragged And forestalled remission. I do arm Myself to welcome the condition of the times, Which cannot look more hideously upon me, Then I have drawn it in my fantasie. and upright innocency fail me, King of Heaven, my Master, Christ, tell him who hath sent me after him.' If truth the I'le to And " From ' Nay ! Not too hot. Now poor and mangled France puts up her lovely visage she hath from France too long been chas'd, Alas, And all her husbandry doth lie on heaps, fertile Corrupting in ! its own fertility; Peace,

At the Court of France. Her vine, the merry cheerer of the 619 heart, Unpruue'd dies; her hedges, even-pleach'd, Like prisoners wildly o'ergrown with hair, Put forth disorder'd twigs; her fallow leas The'darnel, hemlock, and rank femetary Doth root upon, while that the coulter rusts That should deracinate such savagery ; The even meads, that erst brought sweetly forth The freckled cowslip, burnet, and sweet clover, "Wanting the scythe withal, uncorrected, rank, Conceive, by idleness, nothing but hateful docks, Rough And thistles, utility ; keksyes, burs, losing both beauty and all our vineyards Fallows, meads and hedges, defective In their natures, my lord, grow to wildness. Even so, our houses and ourselves and children Have lost, and do not learn for want of time, The sciences that should become our country, But grow like savages, as soldiers will, That nothing do but meditate on blood, To swearing and stern looks, devis'd attire, And everything that seems unnatural. wing of speed, Have stolen away from France and am beyond 'Tis bitter! Still, till I with swiftest His reach, I will bear with his Majesty.' "'Fair cousin, iflieart presages be not in vain, I may be stabbed, but no person, place or time, Or circumstance, shall slack my love's affection From th' truth and true profession of the faith. No, no, " That ' it cannot be, Then God my heart will not confess.' forgive the sin of to their everlasting residence, all those souls,

620 Sir Francis Bacon's Life Before the The King dew of evening shall fleet. fall, will taste this action, and shall wipe His tables clean, and to his memory Keep no tell-tale that ever may repeat And history his loss to new remembrance. Full well he knows, he cannot so precisely weed This land as his misdoubts present occasion : His foes are so enrooted with his friends, That plucking to unfix an enemy, He doth^uufasten so, and shake a friend So, that this land, like an offensive wife That hath enrag'd him on As he to offer strokes, striking, holds his infant up, hangs resolv'd correction in the arm, And is That was uprear'd Besides, the to execution. King hath wasted all his rods On late offenders, that he now doth lack The very instruments of chastisement ; So that his power, like to a fangless lion, offer,- but May not hold our faith. Martyrs in love shall be so winnowM, with so rough a wind, that even our corn And Shall seem as light as Find no partition.' chaff, and good from bad " 'Tis very true, but I'm not here 'gainst peace, that the time, misordered, doth crowd us ' But And Our crush us to this monstrous form, to hold safety up. My Oath upon oath, And, And King hath broke committed wrong on wrong, lord, the in conclusion, seeks to drive us out to entrap us. If our atonement Therefore be assur'd now we make not well,

At 621 the Court of France. The King, by d. ofjsword and jpear andjhield, Under the counterfeited zeal of heaven, !; Will wage an instant trial, my good lord, 'gainst the peace of heaven and Both us.' " I fear ' The King's too weak truly to keep to us His word, and give us safety, and boldly outdare The danger of the time, for he wounds France ; And at their mother's moisten'd eyes babes A nourish of salt tears ; and Wailing robes, the women wail the dead. Rather than, with intermissive miseries, Bedew with I'll fight in I will kill suck in disgraceful, . tears an effeminate prince, my all Now, by my sword, steel'd coat. his coats, and, piece by piece, murder all his wardrobe, for ere night pass, I will embrace him with a soldier's arm Defy him and tell him so. Alas! there is I'll No mercy Thou art in the King. Cousin, I think enamour'd of his follies. If we live, We live to tread When on kings; if die, brave death, die with us; but God in mercy kings So deal with my soul, as I, in duty, will repay This King, that seeks to overthrow religion, And suppress the prince the shepherd o' th' flock. As I surely as my soul intends to live, do believe, to free us from his wrathful curse, upon the life of this dread king, We must, Lay And violent hands; the deed is meritorious, necessary to preserve our lives, Therefore, 'tis suddenly to be perform'd, But with advice and silent secrecy.

Sir Francis Bacon s Life 622 With his heart-blood let my own sword be stain'd, Or may these bones be laid in an unworthy urn, Tombless, with no remembrance over them, Our grave not worshipt with a waxen epitaph, And force, perforce, will make him yield the crown; Maine and Anjou But who knocks I'll win from France'or else be slain. (Knocking within.) so loud?' "'I can well guess The French King, Charles, "'Bid them come in.' " (Enter the Captain of the Guard.) ' My The King " ' good lord, desires Come some private speech with * I'll you.' cousin.' "'At thy request And meet with him.' " desires to speak with you.' make him I am content to go scratch his beard, For I shall boldly stand and front him to his Within this hour, if he be capable Of things so serious, he shall know, my lord, That his highness shall in this business fail. face. Let us to the King.' "'My ' I'll lords,' said the King, give thee opportunity to save your lives.' " * False King, why hast thou broken faith with us? King did I call thee? No, thou art not king Not fit to govern and rule multitudes; That head of thine doth not become a crown ; Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff, And Thy not to grace an awful, princely sceptre; robes, as a child's bearing cloth, I'll use

At the Court of France. 623 To carry thee out o' this place. Thou hast beguil'd Us with a counterfeit, resembling majesty; Thou art forsworn, forsworn but God, we know, Will put them down, that lift themselves against The perfect truth, which I'll maintain so long As life doth last.' ; "'Tush, tush, thou honeysuckle villain; Pray wilt thou kill God's officers and kings? Thou art a honey-seed. But hear me speak: One of them, that is set to murder thee, Is now in the next room therefore, be thou content To make a virtue of necessity, And go not forth. An oath is of no moment. , ; (4* For a kingdom may any oath be broken. Aye, I would break a thousand oaths to reign One year; and strengthen my authority With powerful Against To policy, th' disturbers and win the way of the faith, thus bringing them civil discipline.' " 'A king's oath, then, Is but the vain breath of a common How man ? couldst thou drain the life-blood of fair France? You're more inhuman, more inexorable Oh ten times more than tigers of Hyrcania ! ! This day ever, in France, shall be a day Of shame, oppression, perjury. Let not the hours Of ungodly day wear out the days of peace Let wives with child pray that their burthens may this Not fall this ! day ! " Like captives, bound to a triumphant car, Shall we forever curse the planets of mishap, ' That plotted thus our glory's overthrow.

Sir Francis Bacon's Life 624 Hung be y' heavens with black; yield day to night; Comets, importing change of times and states, Brandish your crystal tresses in the sky, And with them scourge the bad, revolting That have consented to this marriage. stars, E'en as the snake, roll'd in a flowering bank, With shining, checker'd slough doth sting a child, That for the beauty thinks it excellent, so we More dazzled, did prepare to witness this marriage. False King, what low'ring star now envies thy estate? What To Eve, what serpent hath suggested thee mischiefs manifold ? "' I am ' My lords, forc'd, Perforce, compelPd to have you thus trod down name ; The plot is laid by noblemen, and, in the Of (rod and France, and in the full assurance Of desired success, we shall proceed, religiously, To th' extirpation of the Protestants ; A dog, What To a leg, shall not return to tell crows have pecked them here. their necessities, it is and you shall say, the time, and not the Indeed, That doth you injuries. Construe the times King Look, who's at the door there? Ho! who knocks? (Enter a Messenger.) How now, sirrah, what news? " * Save your grace, So please your Majesty, the bloody work begins Amain, to bring the will of our desires to end.' "* "' base King,' said the prince, " What Sir, I will not thy vain excuses hear But, as thou lov'st thy life, make speed, is make thy news ?' speed

At From Unto Go, hence. the Court of France. Captain lead this good gentleman Take him his privy chamber. and sir, thou if lov'st thy "'And why not death " 625 life, hence. stay there.' rather than life in torment?' ' '* ' Begone.' Fair cousin of Navarre, Prepar'd to let are we well you know our good pleasure, Because you are Above the now my brother-in-law, therefore we parley to you thus. What say you, will you be-of us henceforth ? Of our true faith ? And will you live as we do? rest Cease to lament for that you cannot help, study help for that which you lament. And Time the nurse and breeder of is "'May it please your my me leave, heart? give and willing, too, must do what force will have us do. For we I'll good.' Majesty to give Freely to render what I've on What you all give will have, my jewels, I'll for a set of beads, My gorgeous palace, for a hermitage, My gay apparel, for an almsman's gown, My figured goblets, for a dish of wood, My sceptre, for a palmer's walking staff, My subjects, for a pair of carved saints, And my large kingdom for a little grave, A little, little grave, an obscure grave. Or, I'll be buried in the King's highway, Some way May of common trade, where subjects' feet hourly trample on their Sovereign's head But whilst I live, I'll give my heart and soul Unto the Holy Mother of God and Heaven, Consigning to them all my good intents. :

626 No Bacons Life Sir Francis prince, or peer, shall have just cause to say, My legs can keep no measure in delight, When my I will tell poor heart no measure keeps in tales of sorrow or of joy Of either, or of neither, For my good lord grief. ; of joy, being altogether wanting, It doth remember me the more of sorrow : Or It if if of grief, being altogether bad, adds more sorrow to my want of joy.' " l Gracious fair cousin, you debase your princely knee, And make the base earth proud with kissing it. Me rather had, my heart might feel your love, Than my unpleas'd eye see your courtesy. Up, cousin, up! your heart is up, I know, Thus high, at least, although your knee be low. For th' safety of With me, where But go not And your royal person, you you'll be safe I think. What out. creep into " * Such it is it far before safety then, my shall stay but to make your sepulchre, your time? lord, I'll have, as finds The trembling lamb environed with wolves. gracious God, what times are these ! My mother poison' d here before my face, While Guise hath gathered a power of men, Which he doth swear shall kill the Puritans; But 'tis the House of Bourbon that he means. O grant, dear God, What can The King What my tears my days may or cries avail end. me now? for favor sues unto the Guise, can I do? "'The many favors which your grace hath shown,

At the Court of France. 627 me ever to your highness' will. I will be rul'd by you, make a discharge Shall bind Of all my council, straight; and I'll subscribe My name, and The "I pray thee, did he follow commands of the Queen-mother?" seal it straight.' "Aye." "I shame to hear thee speak. O monst'rous traitor The soldiers should Ere I my lord Of my loving Had ! I been there, have toss'd me on their pikes, would have forsworn the colours O timorous wretch, That did divorce himself from th' good esteem father. Of reverend lords, and by their sufferance, To entail his worthless head unto the crown, " Did foul disgrace his soul " Be not aggriev'd, Did he not see, with eyes of heavy mind, ! His mother murder'd by his enemies? This gentlewoman, spouse o' old Anthony, And Queen " How was poisoned by gloves." did she meddle with such dangerous gifts ? of Navarre, Her Duke of Guise might well have mov'd highness to beware of perfum'd gloves, and poison." " Her Majesty, the old Queen Catherine, Suspicion of the Presented them to her; the scent thereof (A very strong perfume) did make her head ache; The fatal poison work'd within her head, And the poor Queen a long time did not linger. "Her brain-pan brake; her heart did faint and And she, before the face o' her son, did die. Pardon him, then, that they enforced him fail,

Sir Francis Bacon's Life 628 To abjure his religion." " This is true, but it a huge blemish In our eye, which courage might have saved. Ah, what a shame! Ah, what a fault were this! O, is a fault too, too unpardonable! 'tis Marry, my he broke his solemn oath lord, ! Heaven keep me from such a double king." "I know and myself do not oppose Against your will, but, to be brief, see this main end. The French King's sister did hang twenty years About And it, his neck, (for she did lose her lustre,) his marriage scattered dangers, doubts, Wringing of the conscience, and despairs, And the King hid his head." " 'Tis most true, these news were everywhere, Every tongue spoke them, and every true heart Wept for it all, that dar'd look into these affairs. Alack! the heavy day, when such a sacred king Should hide his head But I say, still, the King ! Did break his oath with zeal, and crackt the league Between the holy conclave as you know And, my good lord, angels do love good men, But not a man that hath broken unity." " " Your reasons are too shallow and too quick." O, no, .my reasons are too deep, the nurse Of judgment (by your noble self invited) Hath made me dive into th' King's secret " To Might save his life?" "Admit To soul." there not be a charity in sin, save his Should there was no other life, suffer way I subscribe that such person under th' terms of death, rather

At the Court of France. Than, by redeeming life, should die forever." " There was no other earthly mean but this To him from the manacles of the save sentence, Pronounc'd by the law-building court of Rome, In the impartial judging of this business. I know we are all frail, and men to save The hazard of their graves, harp on it till The harp-strings break. So harp not on that If he thought offer to make t string. to Rome, good And, by exchange of oath, stop the French massacre And civil wars, I must confess 1 think The clerks and all the noble learned ones, In Christian kingdoms should with orisons and praise, Pay this just prince, if he unable were The mighty force o' th' offer of the King The pope's commissioner to withstand." " With He was great Inasmuch sharp enough, for he carried the business wisdom and semblance as he, a most arch-heretic, A spleeny Lutheran, had crawl'd And did "O, lie my 'Tis virtue ! in the o' holiness, into the favor, bosom of the hard rul'd King." not a falling man too far lord, press His faults lie open to the laws ! Let them, not you, correct him I forgive Him all those things, and there are many more, ! Which your own conscience, my friend, And will employ me next, in an account How Guise did burst abroad those never dying flames, I leave to Which could not be extinguish'd but by blood. This union, and religious league and massacre, Knit by those hands thus join'd in nuptial rites, Did fuel in the progeny of France

Sir Francis Bacon's Life G30 The Most bloody war. stragglers did disperse Themselves through France, and gather head again. The native sparks of princely honour made it hard To work and the King's heart did break, His sinews shrank, his brains turned upside down, And he did faint and die. Then the Queen-mother their deaths, Did presently dispatch ambassadors To Poland, and call'd Henry back again, To wear his brother's crown and dignity. In secrecy I was told that Navarre, Pleshe and Conde, took this opportunity And But tried to steal time was from France and hie them home. too short for so great enterprise, And they did not achieve their resolution ; Yet God always defends the right, and He th' all Did show His mercy and did preserve Henry, And th' virtues of "No more our true religion. can you distinguish of a man, of his outward show, which God he knows Seldom or never jumpeth with the heart. Navarre's companions then were dangerous, Than And he attended to their sugar'd words, But look'd not on the poison of their hearts, For they were much inclin'd to laughter, witty And merry, conceited in discourse, pleasant (If they be not far gone), much given to music, Dancing, and to be in women's company." " That were not much amiss. 'Tis said the King of Spain, Grenada never would have conquered, Had not Queen Isabella and her ladies Been present at the siege. It cannot be express'd

At the Court of France. "What lofty courage, in the The Spanish knights did 631 ladies' presence, take, for a few Spaniards Did overcome a multitude of Moors. Ariadne's love And made Theseus so bold, Medea's beauty, Jason so victorious, "While Plato is of the opinion that the love Of Yenus did make Mars so valorous." "But let all men who in pursuit of their passions, Care not what price they pay for the indulgence of them, Know this, that whatever the object be Of their pursuit be it honour, or fortune, Or love, or glory, or knowledge, or what it may They are but paying court to things cast ofi' Things which men in all times have tried, and upon Rejected with disgust. So I leave him, to tell how these civil trial wars And massacres in France (wherein thousands, By their own relations in twenty-four years "Were kilPd) menac'd the current of our court. "Rome, for th' undoing of the kingdom of England, Provoked wars, plagues, schisms, heresies and what And, under pretence that Mary had title To th' crown, stretched forth her malignant hand, And touch'd the bastardy of my mother advance Mary's title to the crown. To The policy of France, and the ambitious strife Of Scotland's climbing peers, was, with factions To waste the richest commonwealth o' th' earth And, as discord spoils the seat of To make And mighty kings, dissension in the realm of England, to claim the royal chair The crown and empire was empty, unpossess'd, the sword ; not, /

Sir Francis Bacon's Life 632 no heirs of York Unsway'd, alive, and that we have was, as seen, (who Crowu'd England's queen, anointed of the Elizabeth, Was highest,) but a subject of the Queen of Scots, "Who was the rightful Queen of England and Scotland. The pope announc'd King Henry, our late sovereign, ' : Siim'd 'gainst the pope, in that his thread of life He join'd unto Anne Bullen, before the pope Did proclaim him free, and held it for certain, That when His Holiness did stay the judgment Of the divorce, it did not take place, and to the eye O' th' pope, the King was yet married to Katherine, could not then bestow his royal hand upon, And Nor marry, Anne Bullen, whom he late had made The marchioness of Pembroke; and that, therefore, The child called Elizabeth her daughter Was basely born too base to be acknowledg'd Heir of the sceptre. But, upon your troth, And Keep It as good My you love your secret to my life and England's weal, I have thought confession. make my story thus bewray kindred's loose delights; and this doth touch Henry and his daughter. The harp Struck with the accents of archangels' tunes, Wrought not more pleasure to the flower of Israel, Nearly, Than this fair woman's tunes and notes did work To her husband's thoughts. The fairest of fair daughters, That obeys black Pluto, king of dark Avern, Bright Bethsaba, who wash'd in David's bower, And for whom David did lay snares of death Unto Uria's life, did not surpass The brave and gorgeous dame, the gem and jewel,

# Of Mary Queen of 633 Scots. 0' th' noble English court, sweet Anne Bullen. " Lord Cardinal "Wolsey first counsell'd the divorce From Katherine, daughter of Ferdinand, King of Spain. Upward of twenty years, a true and humble wife Had she been to Henry, and he had been bless'd many children by her. The pretence for this "With divorce Of that sweet Queen, was the wounded conscience Of th' King respecting his marriage with the dowager, Sometime his brother's wife. This shook the bosom Of his conscience, and as a cure, the King employ'd Th' Archbishop of Canterbury, with other learn'd And reverend fathers of his order, to call The queen before them. They held at Dunstable from Ampthill, where the princess late court, to which she was often cited By them, but appear'd not and, to be short, Full six miles oft' lay, A ; For non-appearance and the King's late scruple, By th' main assents of all these learned men, She was divorc'd and the late marriage made Of none effect. She was removed to Kymmalton, "Where three years afterward she died. "Wolsey was a man of unbounded stomach, And thought to marry the King to the French King's sister, The Duchess of Alansou and when he doth perceive The King-tangled in affection to Anne Bulleu, Sir Thomas Bullen's daughter, the Cardinal ; Coasts and hedges and doth entreat the pope To stop the trial. Rome sent a learned priest, One Cardinal Campeius, to bar the King; But Cardinal Campeius stole away to Rome,

634 Sir Francis Bacon's Life And left the case of the King uuhandled, Yet Henry thought he posted as the agent Of the Cardinal. When he found he had ta'en no leave, The King cried 'Ha'!" "How came the Cardinal's practices to light?" " Most The letters of the Cardinal strangely. To the pope miscarried and came to the King, Whence the King read all his plot. Cromwell did give The packet to the King in his bedchamber; He looked o' th' inside o' th' paper, And did digest this letter of the Cardinal's, And perceiv'd all his tricks, and th' dilatory sloth And tricks of Rome. The King was a cruel man, And purpos'd his imprisonment, and proceeded Under his hand and seal to summon him; But the old man, broken with th' storms of state, Gave up the strife. His weary bones were laid Within the With earth, but three nights after sickness went to bed. In getting (which was a He was most He was sin), yet, in princely ever. 1 he unsatisfied bestowing, Witness for him Those twins of learning that he raised up, Ipswich and Oxford, one of which fell with him, Unwilling to outlive the good that o let " him Sir, rest give may me it did. his faults lie gently leave to speak of him. on him." tanking him- self With princes, by suggestion, he ty'de Simony was fair play, his Was ; his law own all the kingdom opinion untruths he'd say, and would Be ever double, both in words and meaning. But pardon me, my haste makes me unmannerly." ; /

Of Mary Queen of 635 Scots. "What follows, sir?" " You left the king full The Too of sad thoughts and troubles. marriage with his brother's wife did creep near his conscience, as it seems." "]STo sir, His conscience crept too near another lady. The sad thoughts that might work too much upon him, You'll find weigh'd not a hair. The King did love Mistress Anne Bullen, and 'twas for her of hypocrisy was shown. Cranmer, too, was a deep and envious one, And out of malice to th' good queen, and for revenge Upon the Cardinal, he married them, That all this spice And was made an archbishop for God safely quit her With gentle travail Of a it. After this marriage, of her burthen, for she was deliver'd girl, heir to the throne of England. " The between the French and peace us, after The hideous storm that followed the League, Then budded out, but France flaw'd it and at Bordeaux, Attach'd our merchants' goods. Then France suggested That Mary, Queen of Scotland, be call'd back To France, and hither sent into England, As the sovereign Queen of England. James the Fifth, King of Scotland, did in the year Of fifteen hundred thirty-seven, cross o'er the sea From Scotland into France, and did effect A marriage with the daughter of the Duke of Guise, Mary of Lorraine this lovely maid of modest mind, Became the mother of two sons, that were ; When children, brought to death, Daughter, Mary, and of one beauteous a notorious tool of Rome. /^

Sir Francis Bacon's Life 636 This lovely creature was, in happy hours, Married to Francis Second, King of France. The King had bad humours on him, and as Did not live long, and thus it came to pass His wife, without issue, did come again it chanc'd Into Scotland, and there did take Lord Darnley To be the king of her false heart. The princess vex'd and did estrange All due allegiance and love from her, The noble When Scottish peers, she, this blemish of Scotland, did contract herself To this bold, bad man, who became sire to James The First of England. The proud, ambitious peers Seiz'd on him as he slept, murdered him, And, afterwards, did substitute the son, For the mother; thus did this queen become Ajx>or jpetitioner, a care-craz'd mother, A waning beauty and distressed widow, Even in the afternoon of her best days. Fearing that the Scottish peers may yet prevail Against her life, she, cloaking craft with soothing, Did take her flight. Her intent was, I'm told, To France, but that right sprightly Scot, J)owglas, encounter'd both her, and her friends Who had come abroad to save her from the terrors fly to Of pursuit; then And she, blindly lawful aid of us. At noon She was taken from liberty On and the business present. rashly, did crave just that day, to look It help'd nothing To plead innocence, for that dye was on her Which made her whitest part show black. heaven,' She said, 'be done in this and in all things, ' The will of

Of Mary Queen of Scots. 637 ,And the queen's pleasure be by me obey'd. Yet these exactions are most pestilent To the hearing, and to bear them, the back Is 'sacrifice to th' load.' And As "If all obstacles had been cut away, her path even'd to the crown, thej'ipe revenue and due of birth, much was her poverty of spirit, So mighty and so many her defects, Yet, so That she would better hide herself from greatness, Being a bark to brook no mighty sea. Patience, courage and fortitude she had No relish of them, but she did abound In the division of each several crime, Acting in many ways; nay, had she the power, She would e'en pour the sweet milk of concord Into hell, unpour th' universal peace, And confound all the unity on earth. If such a one be "My lord, fit to govern, speak." she should have staid in France, and serv'd In France Makes ; but he that stands upon a slippery place, nice of no vild hold to hold him up, And strong reasons make strange actions." " True. But little is the wisdom where the flight So runs against all reason, for, my friend, I have consider'd, with myself the Of title most renowned Scottish princess And, in my conscience, do repute her grace this The rightful heir to England's royal seat. And, dearest coz, you know that the poor wren (The most diminutive of birds) will fight,

Sir Francis Bacon's Life 638 Her young ones in her nest, against the owl." " Hear me but speak, for even the breath of what I mean to speak shall blow eacH dust, each straw, Each little rub, out of the path which leads Directly unto England's throne. Hear me "With patience. All Elizabeth's fear is nothing The times are cruel, there's no pity sitting I' th' clouds ; so she set, with and worms and ; flies, The net, the line, the pitfall and the gynne For this poor bird, that with such pleasing eloquence Sung sweet and varied notes enchanting every Then was this sweet melodious bird torn forth From its pretty hollow cage and was martyred." "I pray you, school Much ear. yourself, for you have blabb'd further, sirrah, than is noble, wise For Or judicious. all your saying 'poor birds,' and that delightful are not birds, but traitors, They Mother of a fatherless fool 0, 1 fear, I fear It would be " ! my Never dead. my thoughts to you. and your discomfort." should I buy and sell you disgrace fear, why Speak, gentle cousin." "Yes, she is dead. So was is I dare not speak all My mother was a ? traitor, shame to speak it, truth is truth Between my father and my mother, Buj^ They botch her words up, their own thoughts to fit Her winks, and nod, and gestures yield them power, For each move that the poor, disobedient wretch Did make, was with much ado set down. Her mourning my father oh, I ! : And importunate tears incite murd'rous revenge, In the puppets that make collections of them. V"hen she hears there are tricks i' th' world, she hems,

Of Mary Queen of 639 Scots. And beats her heart, spurns enviously at straws, Speaks things in doubt tliat carry but half sense Indeed her speech ; nothing, my good lord, But the unshaped use of it doth yield The hearers o't the hold that they aim at. My is father juggled with a servant o' the poor queen, whose hands she sent letters to great France, By And did privily relieve and maintain him. The rogue came to my father's home at night, With letters that she put into his hands To go to Paris. The villain, with his knee Bussing the stones, My good From th' said, 'I lord, that the have here a Queen king of France; and letter, of Scots gave I me have, locked in my closet At home, one that the queen receiv'd this night, the king, which imports at full the present de

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